THE  LINCOLN 
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ALEXANDER  GOLDSTEIN 


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Let  us  have  faith  that  right  makes  might 


JANUARY 

The  dogmas  of  the  past  are  inadequate  to  the 
stormy  present. 


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JANUARY 


FIRS  T 


Always  do  the  very  best  you  can. 
SECOND 


If  our  sense  of  duty  forbids,  the'n  lotus 


stand  by  our  sense  of  duty. 
THIRD 

It 's  no  use  to  be  always  looking  up 
these  hard  spots. 

FOURTH 

All  I  am  in  the  world,  I  owe  to  the 
opinion  of  me  which  the  people  express 
when  they  call  me  "Honest  Old  Abe." 

F/F  TH 

The  way  for  a  young  man  to  rise  is  to 
improve  himself  in  every  way  he  can, 
never  suspecting  that  anybody  is  hin 
dering  him. 


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SIX  T H 


No  one  has  needed  favors  more  than  I. 

5 E YEN TH 

Whatever  is  calculated  to  improve  the 
condition  of  the  honest,  struggling  labor 
ing  man,  I  am  for  that  thing. 

EIGHTH 


All  we  want  is  time  and  patience. 

N  I  N  T  H 

£ 

I  esteem  foreigners  as  no  better  than 
other  people  — nor  any  worse. 

TEN  T  H 


My  experience  and  observation  have 
been  that  those  who  promise  the  most  do 
the  least. 

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JANUARY 


BLB V  E NTH 


I  didn't  know  anything  about  it,  but 
I  thought  you  knew  your  own  business 
best. 


TWE LF TH 

If  I  send  a  man  to  buy  a  horse  for  me, 
I  expect  him  to  tell  me  his  points  — not 
how  many  hairs  there  are  in  his  tail. 

TH I R TBBNTH 

You  must  act. 

FOUR TBBNTH 

I  will  try,  and  do  the  best  I  can. 
FIFTBBNTH 

His  attitude  is  such  that,  in  the  very 
selfishness  of  his  nature,  he  can  not  but 
work  to  be  successful ! 


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SIX  TEEN TH 

Afford  all  an  unfettered  start  and  a  fair 
chance  in  the  race  of  life. 

5  E  YEN T  E B NTH 

\  want  Christians  to  pray  for  me ;  I 
need  their  prayers. 

EIGHTEEN TH 

The  young  men  must  not  be  permitted 
to  drift  away. 

NINETEENTH 

The  free  institutions  we  enjoy  have 
developed  the  powers  and  improved  the 
condition  of  the  whole  people  beyond  any 
example  in  the  world. 

TWB  N  TIE  TH 


shall  do  nothing  in  malice. 


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TWENTY-  FI  RST 

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Good  men  do  not  agree. 

TWENTY-  SECOND 

I  shall,  to  the  best  of  my  ability,  repel 
force  by  force. 

TWENTY-TH  I  RD 

Ballots  are  the  rightful  and   peaceful 
successors  of  bullets. 

TWE  N TY-  F  O  U  R  T  H 


I  never  thought  he  had  more  than 
average  ability  when  we  were  young  men 
together.  But,  then,  I  suppose  he  thought 
just  the  same  about  me. 

TWEN  TY-  F  I  F  TH 


Moral  cowardice  is  something  which  I 
think  I  never  had. 


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TWENTY-  SIXTH 

The*  patriotic  instinct  of  plain  people. 

TWENTY-  SEVENTH 

The  face  of  an  old  friend  is  like  a  ray 
of  sunshine  through  dark  and  gloomy 
clouds. 

TWE  NT  Y-  E  I  G  H  T  H 

Will  anybody  do  your  work  for  you? 

TWE  N  T  Y-N I  N  T  H 


My  rightful  masters,  the  American 
people. 

TH I R TIE T  H 

Should  any  one  in  any  case  be  con 
tent  that  his  oath  shall  go  unkept  on  a 
merely  unsubstantial  controversy  as  to 
how  it  shall  be  kept  ? 

TH I R TY -  FIRS T 

The  value  of  life  is  to  improve  one's 
condition. 


FEBRUARY 

Let  none  falter  who  thinks  he  is  right,  and  we 
may  succeed. 


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FEBRUARY 


FIRS  T 


Labor  is  like  any  other  commodity  in 
the  market  —  increase  the  demand  for  it 
and  you  increase  the  price  of  it. 

SECOND 

When  I  hear  a  man  preach,  I  like  to 
see  him  act  as  if  he  were  fighting  bees. 

THIRD 


I  say  "try,"  for  if  we  never .  try,  we 
never  succeed. 

FO u  RTH 

The  pioneer  in  any  movement  is  not 
generally  the  best  man  to  bring  that 
movement  to  a  successful  issue. 

FI F  TH 

Defeat  and  failure  make  everything 
seem  wrong. 


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SIXTH 


This  nation  cannot  live  on  injustice. 

5  E  VE  NTH 

Something  had  to  be  done,  and,  as 
there  does  not  appear  to  be  any  one 
else  to  do  it,  I  did  it. 

E  I  G  H  T  H 

Poor  parsons  seem  always  to  have 
large  families. 

NINTH 

If  it  be  true  that  the  Lord  has  appointed 
me  to  do  the  work  you  have  indicated,  is 
it  not  probable  that  he  would  have  com 
municated  knowledge  of  the  fact  to  me  as 
well  as  to  you? 

TENTH 


Ltrust  I  shall  be  willing  to  do  my  duty, 
though  it  costs  my  life. 


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BLB V  E  NT  H 

I  hope  peace  will  come  soon,  and 
come  to  stay;  and  so  come  as  to  be 
worth  the  keeping  in  all  future  time. 

TWBLF T  H 

What  there  is  of  me  is  self-made. 

THIRTEENTH 

I  was  young  once,  and  I  am  sure  I  was 
never  ungenerously  thrust  back. 

FOUR  TEEN T  H 

Thank  God  for  not  making  me  a 
woman,  but  if  He  had,  I  suppose  He 
would  have  made  me  just  as  ugly  as  He 
did,  and  no  one  would  ever  have  tempted 
me. 

PI  F  T  E  EN  T  H 

You  may  say  anything  you  like  about 
me,— if  that  will  help. 


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SIXTEENTH 

No  men  living  are  more  worthy  to  be 
trusted  than  those  who  toil  up  from  pov 
erty —  none  less  inclined  to  take,  or 
touch,  aught  which  they  have  not  hon 
estly  earned. 

SEVENTEENTH 

As  our  case  is  new,  so  we  must  think 
anew. 

EIGHTEEN  T  H 

I  shall  do  less  whenever  I  believe 
what  I  am  doing  hurts  the  cause ;  and  1 
shall  do  more  whenever  I  believe  doing 
more  helps  the  cause. 

NINE  TEE  N  T_H 

No  personal  significance,  or  insignifi 
cance,  can  spare  one  or  another  of  us. 

TWE NT  I E T  H 

If  I  can  learn  God's  will,  I  will  do  it. 


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TWENTY-  F  I  RS  T 

It  is  the  nature  of  the  case,  and  no  one 
is  to  blame. 

TWENTY-  SECOND 
Tell  the  whole  truth. 

TWB  N  TY-T  H  I  RD 

He  sticks  through  thick  and  thin,  — I 
admire  such  a  man. 

TWENTY-FOURTH 


If  by  the  mere  force  of  numbers  a 
majority  should  deprive  a  minority  of  any 
constitutional  right,  it  might  in  a  moral 
point  of  view  justify  revolution, —  cer 
tainly  would  if  such  right  were  a  vital 
one. 

TWE  N  TY-  F  I  F  T  H 


My  hand  was  tired ;  but  my  resolution 
was  firm. 


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TWE  N  TY-SIX  T  H 

It  is  a  difficult  role,  and  so  much  the 
greater  will  be  the  honor  if  you  perform 
it  well. 

TWENTY-  SEVENTH 


I  shall  write  my  papers  myself.     The 
people  will  understand  them. 

TWENTY-  EIGHTH 


Though    much   provoked,    let   us    do 
nothing  through  passion  and  ill-temper. 

TWE  N  TY-N  I  N  T  H 


Have  confidence  in  yourself,  a  valu 
able  if  not  indispensable  quality. 


MARCH 

Those  who  deny  freedom  to  others  deserve  it 
not  for  themselves;  and,  under  a  just  God,  can 
not  long  retain  it. 


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MARCH 


FIRS  T 


Twenty  thousand  is  as  much  as  any 
man  ought  to  want. 


SECOND 


By  general  law,  life  and  limb  must  be 
protected ;  yet  often  a  limb  must  be  am 
putated  to  save  a  life ;  but  a  life  is  never 
given  merely  to  save  a  limb. 


THIRD 

Trust  to  the  good  sense  of  the  Ameri 
can  people. 

FO u  R T  H 

Let   us  judge   not,   that  we   be    not 
judged. 

FIFTH 


Put  the  foot  down  firmly. 


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SIXTH 


The  occasion  is  piled  high  with  diffi 
culty,  and  we  must  rise  to  the  occasion. 

SE V  E  N T  H 

I  bring  a  heart  true  to  the  work. 
EIGHTH 

The  people  will  save  their  government, 
if  the  government  itself  will  do  its  part 
only  indifferently  well. 

N I N  T  H 


Most  certainly  I  intend  no  injustice  to 
^   any  one,  and  if  I  have  done  any  I  deeply 
regret  it. 

TEN  T  H 

With   firmness   in   the   right,  as  God 
gives  us  to  see  the  right. 


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MARCH 


BLE VE  NTH 


Action  in  the  crisis  of  a  nation  must 
accord  with  its  necessities,  and  therefore 
can  seldom  be  confined  to  precedent. 

TWELFTH 


You  can't  put  a  long  sword  in  a  short 
scabbard. 

THIRTEENTH 


"  I  have  made  it  a  rule  of  my  life," 
said  the  old  parson,  "not  to  cross  Fox 
River  until  I  get  to  it." 

FOUR TEENTH 

It  is  sometimes  well  to  be  humble. 
F1F TEENTH 

Don't  let  joy  carry  you  into  excesses. 


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MARCH 


SIX  TEEN T  H 


Liberty  is  your  birthright. 

SEVENTEENTH 

If  the  minority  will  not  acquiesce,  the 
majority  must,  or  government  will  cease. 

El G H TEEN T  H 
Learn  the  laws  and  obey  them. 
NINE  TEEN T  H 

It  is  easy  to  conceive  that  all  these 
shades  of  opinion,  and  even  more,  may 
be  sincerely  entertained  by  honest  and 
truthful  men. 

TWE  N  TIE  T  H 

It  is  better  only  sometimes  to  be  right 
than  at  all  times  wrong. 


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MARCH 

TWENTY-  FI  R  S  T 

When  you  have  an  elephant  on  hand, 
and  he  wants  to  run  away,  better  let  him 
run. 

TWENTY-  SECOND 

Whatever  God  designs,  He  will  do  for 
me  yet. 

TWE  N  TY-T  H  I  RD 

Quarrel  not  at  all. 

TWENTY-  FOURTH 

Let  no  opportunity  of  making,  a  mark 
escape. 

TWENTY-  F  I  F  T  H 

I  want  in  all  cases  to  do  right;  and 
most  particularly  so  in  all  cases  with 
women. 

TWENTY-  SIXTH 

I  should  rejoice  to  be  spared  the  labor 
of  a  contest,  but  being  in  I  shall  go  it 
thoroughly. 


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TWENTY-  SEVENTH 
I  intend  discourtesy  to  no  one. 
TWENTY-  EIGHTH 

The    doctrine    of   self-government    is 
right  —  absolutely  and  eternally  right. 

TWENTY-NINTH 


This  government  is  expressly  charged 
with  the  duty  of  providing  for  the  general 
welfare. 

TH  I  R  TIE  T  H 


V,    V    •>     •) 


We  are  not  bound  to  follow  implicitly 
y^=   in  whatever  our  fathers  did.     To  do  so 
would  be  to  reject  all  progress,  all  im 
provement. 


THIRTY-  FIRST 

Understanding  the  spirit  of  our  institu 
tions  to  aim  at  the  elevation  of  men,  I  am 
opposed  to  whatever  tends  to  degrade 
them. 


APRIL 

The  probability  that  we  may  fail  in  the  struggle 
ought  not  to  deter  us  from  the  support  of  a  cause 
which  we  deem  to  be  just. 


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APRIL 


FIRS  T 


You  can  fool  some  of  the  people  all  of 
the  time,  or  all  of  the  people  some  of  the 
time ;  but  you  can't  fool  all  of  the  people 
all  of  the  time. 

SECOND 

He  has  abundant  talents  —  quite 
enough  to  occupy  all  his  time  without 
devoting  any  to  temper. 

THIRD 

I  do  not  argue — I  beseech  you  to  make 
the  argument  for  yourself. 

FOURTH 

Must  a  government,  of  necessity,  be 
too  strong  for  the  liberties  of  its  own 
people,  or  too  weak  to  maintain  its  own 
existence  ? 


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APRIL 


FI  F  TH 


Lift  artificial  weights  from  all  shoulders. 
SIXTH 

The  purposes  of  the  Lord  are  perfect 
and  must  prevail. 

SEVENTH 

Some  people  say  they  could  not  take 
very  well  to  my  proclamation,  but  now 
that  I  have  the  varioloid,  I  am  happy  to 
say  I  have  something  that  everybody  can 
take. 

EIGHTH 


Honest  statesmanship  is  the  employ 
ment   of   individual  meannesses  for  the 
^    public  good. 


NINTH 


Obey  God's  commandments. 


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APRIL 


TENTH 


Men  are  not  flattered  by  being  shown 
that  there  has  been  a  difference  of  pur 
pose  between  the  Almighty  and  them. 

ELEVENTH 

Important  principles  may  and  must  be 
inflexible. 


TWBLF  T  H 

There  is  but  one  duty  now 
TH  I  R  TEEN-TH 


to  fight. 


A  majority  held  in  restraint  by  consti 
tutional  checks  and  limitations,  and  always 
changing  easily  with  deliberate  changes 
of  popular  opinions  and  sentiments,  is 
the  only  true  sovereign  of  a  free  people. 

FOUR  TE  EN  TH 

This,  too,  shall  pass  away  :  never  fear. 
FIF  TEEN  TH 

I  am  not  afraid  to  die. 


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APRIL 


SIXTEENTH 


I  have  said  nothing  but  what  I  am  will 
ing  to  live  by,  and,  if  it  be  the  pleasure 
of  Almighty  God,  to  die  by. 

SB VENTEENTH 

Let  us  strive  on  to  finish  the  work  we 
are  in. 

EIGHTEENTH 

Give  us  a  little  more  light,  and  a  little 
less  noise. 

NINE  TEE  NTH 

The  wild  lands  of  the  country  should 
be  distributed  so  that  every  man  should 
have  the  means  and  opportunity  of  bene 
fiting  his  condition. 

TWE  N  TIE  T  H 

I  shall  try  to  correct  errors,  when 
shown  to  be  errors;  and  I  shall  adopt 
new  views,  so  fast  as  they  shall  appear 
to  be  true  views. 


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APRIL 


TWENTY-  FIRS  T 


There  is  nothing  like  getting  used  to 
things. 

TWENTY-  SECOND 

When  the  white  man  governs  himself, 
that  is  self-government;  but  when  he 
governs  himself  and  also  governs  another 
man,  that  is  more  than  self-government 
—  that  is  despotism. 

TWEN  TY-TH  I  RD 

If  they  kill  me,  the  next  will  be  just  as 
bad  for  them. 

TWENTY-  FOURTH 

With  Shakespeare  the  thought  suffices. 
TWENTY-FIFTH 

As  to  the  crazy  folks  —  why,  I  must 
take  my  chances. 


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APRIL 


TV/EN  TY-  SIX  TH 


I  think  it  more  rare,  if  not  more  wise, 
for  a  public  man  to  abstain  from  much 
speaking. 

TWENTY-  SEVENTH 

At  any  rate,  I  will  keep  my  part  of  the 
bargain. 

TWENTY-  E  I  G  H  TH 

The  Lord  prefers  common-looking 
people.  That  is  why  he  made  so  many 
of  them. 

TWE  N  TY-NI  N  TH 

When  the  time  comes,  I  shall  take  the 
ground  I  think  is  right. 

THIRTIETH 

Let  the  thing  be  pressed. 


MAY 

Two  principles  have  stood  face  to  face  from  the 
beginning  of  time  and  will  ever  continue  to  strug 
gle.  The  one  is  the  common  right  of  humanity ; 
the  other  is  the  divine  right  of  kings. 


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MAY 


FIRS  T 


Revolutionize  through  the  ballot  box. 
SECOND 

Repeal  all  past  history, — you  still  can 
not  repeal  human  nature. 

THIRD 

Capital  has  its  rights,  which  are  as 
worthy  of  protection  as  other  rights. 

FO U  R TH 

Teach  men  that  what  they  can  not 
take  by  an  election,  neither  can  they  take 
by  war. 

FI F  TH 

I  authorize  no  bargains,  and  will  be 
bound  by  none. 


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57*  TH 


When  a  man  is  sincerely  penitent  for 
his  misdeeds,  and  gives  satisfactory  evi 
dence  of  the  same,  he  can  safely  be 
pardoned. 

5 E YEN TH 

If  destruction  be  our  lot,  it  must  spring 
up  among  ourselves. 

EIGHTH 

In  a  democracy,  where  the  majority 
rule  by  the  ballot  through  the  forms  of 
law,  physical  rebellions  are  radically 
wrong,  unconstitutional,  and  are  treason. 

N I N  TH 

Let  us  be  friends,  and  treat  each  other 
like  friends. 

TEN  TH 

If  I  was  less  thin-skinned  I  should  get 
along  much  better. 


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ELB V  B  NTH 

We  will  talk  over  the   merits   of  the 
case. 

TWELFTH 


Nothing  shall  be  wanting  on  my  part, 
if  sustained  by  the  American  people  and 
God. 

TH I R TB  B  NTH 


Are  you  not  over-cautious  ? 
FOUR TB  B  NTH 


The  severest  justice  may  not  always  be 
the  best  policy. 

F I F T  B  BNTH 


The  rule  of  a  minority,  as  a  permanent 
arrangement,  is  wholly  inadmissible. 


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S     MAY 


SIX  TEEN TH 


One  poor  man,  colored  though  he  be, 
with  God  on  his  side,  is  stronger  against 
us  than  the  hosts  of  the  Rebellion. 

5  E  YEN  TEEN TH 
Never  fear,  victory  will  come. 

E I G H TEEN TH 

The  Lord  has  not  deserted  me  thus 
far,  and  He  is  not  going  to  now. 

NINE TBENTH 

I  remember  my  mother's  prayers  and 
they  have  always  followed  me.  They 
have  clung  to  me  all  my  life. 

TWEN  TIE  TH 

Are  you  strong  enough  ? 


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TWENTY-  F  I  R  5  T 


If  I  do  not  go  away  from  here  a  wiser 
man,  I  shall  go  away  a  better  man. 

TWENTY-  SECOND 

I  know  that  liberty  is  right. 

TWE  N  TY-T  H  I  RD 

You  must  not  give  me  the  praise  —  it 
belongs  to  God. 

TWE  NT  Y-  F  O  U  R  T  H 

It  has  always  been  a  sentiment  with 
me  that  all  mankind  should  be  free. 

TWENTY-  F  I  F  T  H 

I  don't  pretend  to  be  bright. 
TWE  N  TY-  SIX  T  H 

It  is  only  by  the  active  development  of 
events  that  character  and  ability  can  be 
tested. 


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MAY 


TWENTY-  SEVENTH 


I  remember  a  good  story  when  I  hear 
it ,  but  I  never  invented  anything  original ; 
I  am  only  a  retail  dealer. 

TWE  N  TY-EIGHTH 


Few  men  are  tried,  or  so  many  would 
not  fit  their  places  so  badly. 

TWENTY-NINTH 


Preach  God  and  liberty  to  the  "bulls" 
and  "bears." 

TH  I  RT I E  TH 


The  Union  is  older  than  any  of   the 
States. 

TH I R TY -  FIRS T 

I  only  beg  that  you  will  not  ask  impos 
sibilities  of  me. 


JUNE 

It  is  rather  for  us  to  be  here  dedicated  to  the 
great  task  remaining  before  us, —  that  from  these 
honored  dead  we  take  increased  devotion  to  the 
cause  for  which  they  gave  the  last  full  measure  of 
devotion, —  that  we  here  highly  resolve  that  the 
dead  shall  not  have  died  in  vain. 


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JUNE 


FIRST 


Let  the  people  know  the  truth,  and  the 
country  is  safe. 

SECOND 

Men  moving  in  an  official  circle  are 
apt  to  become  merely  official  —  not  to 
say  arbitrary. 

THIRD 

Negroes,  like  other  people,  act  upon 
motives.  Why  should  they  do  anything 
for  us  if  we  will  do  nothing  for  them  ? 

FO U  RT  H 

The  Lord  is  always  on  the  side  of  the 
right. 

F/F  T H 

If  I  go  down,  I  intend  to  go  down  like 
the  "Cumberland,"  with  my  colors  fly 
ing. 


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JUNE 


SIXTH 


Killing  the  dog  does  not  cure  the  bite. 

SB  YEN T H 

I  am  nothing,  but  truth  is  everything. 

EIGHTH 

Capital  is  only  the  fruit  of  labor,  and 
could  never  have  existed  if  labor  had  not 
first  existed. 

NINTH 


Whatever   shall   appear   to  be   God's 
will,  I  will  do. 

TENTH 

Only  those  generals  who  gain  success 
can  be  dictators. 


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JUNE 


ELEVENTH 


Can  aliens  make  treaties  easier  than 
friends  can  make  laws  ? 

TWELFTH 

The   Patagonians   open    oysters   and 
throw   the   shells   out  of  the  window  - 
until  the  pile  gets  higher  than  the  house ; 
then  they  move. 

TH I R TEEN T  H 

The  question  of  time  can  not  and  must 
not  be  ignored. 

FOUR TEENTH 

We  must  be  more  cheerful  in  the  fu 
ture. 

PI F TE  EN  TH 

Come  what  will,  I  will  keep  my  faith 
with  friend  and  foe. 


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JUNE 


SIXTEENTH 


Keep  in  your  own  sphere,  and  there 
will  be  no  difficulty. 

5 E V  E  NT  E  E  N  T  H 


If  we  could  first  know  where  we  are 
and  whither  we  are  tending,  we  could 
better  judge  what  to  do  and  how  to  do  it. 

El G  H  TEEN T  H 

I  am  never  easy,  when  I  am  handling 
a  thought,  until  1  have  bounded  it  north, 
south,  east,  and  west. 

NINETEENTH 

Others  have  been  made  fools  of  by  the 
girls,  but  this  can  never  be  said  of  me; 
I  made  a  fool  of  myself. 

TWE NT  I E T  H 

It  is  not  best  to  swap  horses  while 
crossing  a  stream. 


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JUNE 


TWE  N  T  Y-  FIRS  T 


I  can  only  trust  in  God  that  I  have 
made  no  mistake. 

TWENTY-  SECOND 

It  has  been  said  of  the  world's  history 
hitherto  that  "might  makes  right"  ;  it  is 
for  us  and  for  our  times  to  reverse  the 
maxim,  and  to  show  that  right  makes 
might. 

TWE  N  TY-TH  I  RD 
I  shall  stay  right  here  and  do  my  duty. 
TWE  N  TY-  F  O  U  R  T  H 

If  we  have  no  friends,  we  have  no 
pleasure. 

TWE  N  TY-  F  I  F  T  H 

I  am  older  in  years  than  I  am  in  the 
tricks  and  trades  of  politicians. 


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JUNE 


TWENTY-  SI  XTH 


Any  people  anywhere,  being  inclined 
and  having  the  power,  have  the  right  to 
rise  up  and  shake  off  the  existing  gov 
ernment  and  form  a  new  one  that  suits 
them  better. 

TWE  N  TY-  S  EV  E  N  T  H 

Our  enemies  want  a  squabble ;  and 
f,.  that  they  can  have  if  we  explain;  and 
j  they  can  not  have  it  if  we  don't. 

TWE  N  TY  -  E  I  G  H  T  H 


If  it  must  be  that  I  go  down,  let  me  go 
down  linked  to  truth. 

TWE  N  TY-N  I  N  T  H 

I  am  very  little  inclined  on  any  occa 
sion  to  say  anything  unless  I  hope  to 
produce  some  good  by  it. 

THIRTIETH 

Let  us  forget  errors. 


JULY 

Our  fathers  brought  forth  upon  this  continent  a 
new  nation,  conceived  in  liberty,  and  dedicated  to 
the  proposition  that  all  men  are  created  equal. 


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JULY 


FIRS  T 


This  country,  with  all  its  institutions, 
belongs  to  the  people  who  inhabit  it. 

SECOND 

What  is  the  use  of  putting  up  the  gap 
when  the  fence  is  down  all  around? 

THIRD 


We  hold  the  power — and  bear  the  re 
sponsibility. 

FOURTH 

My  countrymen,  if  you  have  been 
taught  doctrines  conflicting  with  the 
great  landmarks  of  the  Declaration  of 
Independence ;  if  you  have  listened  to 
suggestions  which  would  take  away  from 
its  grandeur  and  mutilate  the  fair  sym 
metry  of  its  proportions;  if  you  have 
been  inclined  to  believe  that  all  men  are 
not  created  equal  in  those  inalienable 
rights  enumerated  by  our  charter  of  lib 
erty,  let  me  entreat  you  to  come  back. 


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JULY 


FIF  TH 


The  Fourth  of  July  has  not  quite 
dwindled  away ;  it  is  still  a  great  day  for 
firecrackers. 

SIX  TH 

I  have  never  had  a  feeling,  politically, 
that  did  not  spring  from  the  sentiments 
embodied  in  the  Declaration  of  Inde 
pendence. 

5 E YEN TH 

I  have  more  pegs  than  holes  to  put 
them  in. 

EIGHTH 


The  government  must  not  undertake 
to  run  the  churches. 

N  I  N  TH 
All  seems  well  with  us. 

TEN  TH 

With   public   sentiment,   nothing    can 
fail ;  without  it,  nothing  can  succeed. 


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JULY      A 


ELE V E N T H 


It  is  no  child's  play  to  save  the  princi 
ples  of  Jefferson  from  total  overthrow  in 
this  nation. 

TWELFTH 


If  the  Ship  of  State  should  suffer  wreck 
now,  it  will  never  need  another  pilot. 


TH I R TE  E  NTH 

Let  us  see  what  we  can  do. 

FOUR TE  EN  TH 

I  will  try  to  go  to  God  with  my  sorrows.    ~ 
F I F TE  ENT  H 


The  wriggle  to  live,  without  toil,  work,    ^ 
or  labor,  which  I  am  not  free  from  my 
self. 


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JULY 


SIX  TEEN TH 

Persisting  in  a  charge  one  does  not 
know  to  be  true  is  malicious  slander. 

5 E YEN  TEEN  TH 

Steer  from  point  to  point — no  farther 
than  you  can  see. 

E I G H TEEN TH 

God  bless  the  women  of  America! 

NINE  TEEN TH 

The  churches,  as  such,  must  take  care 
of  themselves. 

TWE  N  TIE  TH 


There  is  no  more  dangerous  or  expen 
sive  analysis  than  that  which  consists  of 
trying  a  man. 


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JULY 


TWENTY-  FI  RS  T 


Answer  with  facts,  not  with  arguments 
TWENT Y -  SECOND 

The  nation  is  beginning  a  new  life. 
TWE  N  TY-T  H  I  RD 

Better  give  your  path  to  a  dog  than  to 
be  bitten  by  him  in  contesting  for  the 
right. 

TWENTY-  FOURTH 

Money  being  the  object,  the  man  hav 
ing  money  would  be  the  victim. 

TWENT  Y-  F  I  FT  H 

I  have  been  driven  many  times  to  my 
knees  by  the  overwhelming  conviction 
that  1  had  nowhere  else  to  go. 


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JULY 

TWENTY-  5  I  XTH 

Early  impressions  last  longer. 
TWENTY-SEVENTH 

Stand  with  anybody  who  stands  right, 
.  .  .  and  part  with  him  when  he  goes 
wrong. 

TWE  N  TY-  E  I  G  H  TH 

My  advice  is  to  keep  cool. 

TWE  NTY-N I  N  T  H 

If  destruction  be  our  lot,  we  must  our 
selves  be  its  author  and  finisher. 

TH  I  R  TIE  T  H 


I  have  done  just  as  much  as,  and  no 
more  than,  the  public  knows. 

TH I R TY - FfRS T 

Many  free  countries  have  lost  their 
liberties  and  ours  may  lose  hers;  but,  if 
she  shall,  be  it  my  proudest  boast,  not 
that  I  was  the  last  to  desert,  but  that  I 
never  deserted  her. 


AUGUST 

I  feel  that  I  can  not  succeed  without  the  Divine 
blessing,  and  on  the  Almighty  Being  I  place  my 
reliance  for  support. 


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AUGUST 


FIRS  T 


It  is  not  "Can  any  of  us  imagine  bet 
ter?"  but  "Can  we  all  do  better?" 

SECOND 


Perpetuity  is  implied,  if  not  expressed, 
in  the  fundamental  law  of  all  national 
governments. 

THIRD 


Wanting  to  work  is  so    rare   a  merit 
that  it  should  be  encouraged. 


FOURTH 

We   shall   sooner   have   the   fowl   by 
hatching  the  egg  than  by  smashing  it. 

Fl F  TH 

Maintain  the  honor   and   integrity   of 
the  nation. 


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AUGUST 


SIX  T  H 


I  look  to  the  American  people,  and  to 
that  God  who  has  never  forsaken  them. 

S  E  V E NTH 

Secure  peace  through  victory. 
EIGHTH 

What  is  the  influence  of  fashion  but 
the  influence  that  other  people's  actions 
have  on  our  actions? 

NINTH 
Our  government  rests  in  public  opinion. 

TENTH 

Posterity  has  done  nothing  for  us; 
and,  theorize  on  it  as  we  may,  practically 
we  shall  do  very  little  for  it  unless  we  are 
made  to  think  we  are,  at  the  same  time, 
doing  something  for  ourselves. 


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AUGUST 
ELE VE NTH 


I  am  glad  to  find  a  man  who  can  go 
ahead  without  me. 

TWE LF T  H 


If  you  would  win  a  man  to  your  cause, 
first  convince  him  you  are  his  sincere 
friend. 

THIRTEENTH 

Gold  is  good  in  its  place;  but  living, 
brave,  and  patriotic  men  are  better  than 
gold. 

FOURTEENTH 

These  are  not  the  days  of  miracles, 
and  I  suppose  I  am  not  to  expect  a  direct 
revelation. 

FI  F  T  E  E  NT  H 


Do  not  mix  politics  with  your  profes 
sion. 


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AUGUST 


SIX TBBNTH 


The  first  reformer  in  any  movement 
has  to  meet  with  such  a  hard  opposition, 
and  gets  so  battered  and  bespattered,  that 
afterward,  when  people  find  they  have  to 
accept  his  reform,  they  will  accept  it 
more  easily  from  another  man. 

5  E  VENTEENTH 

Versatility  is  an  injurious  possession, 
since  it  can  never  be  greatness. 

El  G  H  T  E  E  NTH 

v^ 

A  jury  has  too  frequently  at  least  one 

\    member  more  ready  to  hang  the  panel 
than  to  hang  the  traitor. 

NINE T  E  E  NT  H 

It  is  a  cheering  thought  throughout  life, 
that  something  can  be  done  to  ameliorate 
the  condition  of  those  who  have  been 
subjected  to  the  hard  usages  of  the  world. 


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AUGUST 


TWE NT  I E  T  H 


With  some  the  word  liberty  may  mean 
for  each  man  to  do  as  he  pleases  with 
himself,  and  the  product  of  his  labor; 
while  with  others  the  same  word  may 
mean  for  some  men  to  do  as  they  please 
with  other  men,  and  the  product  of  other 
men's  labor. 

TWENTY-  FIRS  T 

Great  distance  in  either  time  or  space 
has  wonderful  power  to  lull  and  render 
quiescent  the  human  mind. 

TWENTY-  SECOND 

We  are  going  through  with  our  task. 

TWE  N  TY-T  H  I  RD 

I  do  not  impugn  the  motives  of  any 
one  opposed  to  me. 

TWE  N  TY-  F  O  U  RT  H 


Human  nature  will  not  change. 


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AUGUST 

TWENTY-  F  I  F  TH 

Beware  of  rashness! 

TWE  N  TY-  SIX  TH 

It  is  difficult  to  make  a  man  miserable 
while  he  feels  he  is  worthy  of  himself. 

TWE  N  TY-  5  EV  E  N  T  H 
All  should  have  an  equal  chance. 
TWE  N  TY-  E  I  G  H  TH 

I  hope  to  be  false  to  nothing  you  have 
been  taught  to  expect  of  me. 

TWE  N  T  Y-  N  I  N  T  H 


All  honor  to  Jefferson  ! 

THIRTIETH 

It  is  the  man  who  does  not  want  to 
express  an  opinion  whose  opinion  I  want. 

T  H  1  R  T  Y-  F  I  R  5  T 
I  hope  I  am  a  Christian. 


SEPTEMBER 

I  feel  that  the  time  is  coming  when  the  sun  shall 
shine,  the  rain  fall,  on  no  man  who  shall  go  forth 
to  unrequited  toil. 


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SEPTEMBER 
FIRS  T 

Labor  is  the  superior  of  capital  and 
deserves  much  the  higher  consideration. 

SECOND 

Come,  let  us  reason  together,  like  the 
honest  fellows  we  are. 

THIRD 

There  is  no  such  thing  as  a  free  man 
being  fixed  for  life  in  the  condition  of  a 
hired  laborer. 

FOURTH 

There  is,  and  probably  always  will  be, 
a  relation  between  labor  and  capital  pro 
ducing  mutual  benefits. 

FI  F  TH 

Labor  is  prior  to  and  independent  of 
capital. 


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SEPTEMBER 


SIXTH 


This   is   a   land   where    freedom    of 
speech  is  guaranteed. 

S  E  YEN T H 


Workingmen  are  the  basis  of  all  gov 
ernments. 

EIGHTH 


Why  should  there  not  be  a  patient 
confidence  in  the  ultimate  justice  of  the 
people?  Is  there  any  better  or  equal 
hope  in  the  world  ? 

NINTH 

The  man  does  not  live  who  is  more 
devoted  to  peace  than  I. 

TENTH 


How  hard  it  is  to  leave  one's  country 
no  better  than  if  one  had  never  lived  in 
it! 


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SEPTEMBER 

E LB V  E  NT  H 

Keep  the  jewel  of  liberty  in  the  family 
of  freedom. 

TWELF TH 


Among  freemen  there  can  be  no  suc 
cessful  appeal  from  the  ballot  to  the 
bullet. 

THIRTEENTH 

I  have  done  all  I  could  for  the  good  of 
mankind. 

FOUR T E  E  N  TH 

It  is  my  constant  anxiety  and  prayer 
that  I  and  this  nation  should  be  on  the 
Lord's  side. 

F I F TEEN TH 


No  man  is  good  enough  to  govern 
another  man  without  that  other's  con 
sent. 


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SEPTEMBER 

SIX T E EN TH 

What  will  the  country  say  ? 

5 E YEN  TEEN TH 

Mediocrity  is  sure  of  detection. 

E I G H TEEN TH 

Washington  was  a  happy  man,  because 
he  was  engaged  in  benefiting  his  race. 

NINETEENTH 

When  the  conduct  of  men  is  designed 
to  be  influenced,  persuasion  — kind,  un 
assuming  persuasion  —  should  ever  be 
adopted. 

T  WEN  TIE  T  H 


If  all  that  has  been  said  by  orators  and 
poets  since  the  creation  in  praise  of 
women  were  applied  to  the  women  of 
America,  it  would  not  do  them  full  jus 
tice  for  their  conduct  during  the  war. 


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SEPTEMBER 

TWE  N  TY-  FIRS  T 

There  is  something  ludicrous  in  prom 
ises  of  good  or  threats  of  evil  a  great  way 

off. 

TWE  NT  Y-  SECOND 

Object  whatsoever  is  possible,  still  the 
question  recurs,  "Can  we  do  better?" 

TWE  N  TY-T  H  I  R  D 

I  invoke  the  considerate  judgment  of 
mankind  and  the  gracious  favor  of  Al 
mighty  God. 

TWENTY - F O U  R T  H 
God  is  with  us. 

TWENTY-  F  I  F  T  H 

Intemperance  is  one  of  the  greatest,  if 
not  the  greatest,  of  all  evils  among  man 
kind. 


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O    SEPTEMBER 


TWE  N  TY-  SIX  T  H 

When  any  church  will  inscribe  over 
its  altar,  as  its  sole  qualification  for 
membership,  the  Saviour's  condensed 
statement  of  both  law  and  gospel,  that 
church  will  I  join  with  all  my  heart  and 
soul. 

TWE  N  TY-  5  EV  E  N  T  H 

Wise  counsels  may  accelerate,  or 
mistakes  delay  it,  but  the  victory  is  sure 
to  come. 

TWE  N  TV-EIGHTH 


The  first  necessity  is  of  proving  that 
popular  government  is  not  an  absurdity. 

TWENTY-NINTH 

People   seldom   run   unless   there    is 
something  to  run  from. 

THIRTIETH 

Allow  the  people  to  do  as  they  please 
with  their  own  business.  * 


OCTOBER 

Great  statesmen  as  they  (the  Fathers  of  the 
Republic)  were,  they  knew  the  tendency  of  pros 
perity  to  breed  tyrants,  and  so  they  established 
these  great  self-evident  truths,  that  when  in  the 
future  some  man,  some  faction,  some  interest, 
should  set  up  the  doctrine  that  none  but  rich  men, 
none  but  white  men,  or  none  but  Anglo-Saxon 
white  men  were  entitled  to  life,  liberty,  and  the 
pursuit  of  happiness,  their  posterity  might  look  up 
again  to  the  Declaration  of  Independence  and  take 
courage  to  renew  the  battle  which  their  fathers 
began,  so  that  truth  and  justice  and  mercy  and  all 
the  humane  and  Christian  virtues  might  not  be 
extinguished  from  the  land;  so  that  no  man  would 
hereafter  dare  to  limit  and  circumscribe  the  great 
principles  on  which  the  temple  of  liberty  was  being 
built. 


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OCTOBER 


FIRS  T 


Nothing  stamped  with  the  Divine  image 
and  likeness  was  sent  into  the  world  to 
be  trodden  on  and  degraded  and  im- 
bruted  by  its  fellows. 


SECOND 

You  must  remember  that  some  things 
legally  right  are  not  morally  right. 

THIRD 

Mercy  bears  richer  rewards  than  strict 
justice. 

FOURTH 

No  human  counsel  hath  devised  nor 
hath  any  mortal  hand  worked  out  these 
great  things. 

FI  F  TH 

It  is  not  much  in  the  nature  of  man  to 
be  driven  to  do  anything. 


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SIXTH 


All  that  I  am,  or  hope  to  be,  I  owe  to 
my  mother. 

SE V  E  N  T  H 

The  times  are  too  grave  and  perilous 
for  ambitious  schemes  and  personal 
rivalries. 

EIGHTH 

Act  as  becomes  a  patriot. 
NINTH 

Suspicion  and  jealousy  never  did  help 
any  man  in  any  situation. 

TENTH 

If  danger  ever  reaches  us,  it  must 
spring  up  amongst  us.  It  cannot  come 
from  abroad. 

EL  E V  E  NT  H 

I  can  't  take  pay  for  doing  my  duty. 


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OCTOBER 


TWE LF T  H 


I  have  not  willingly  planted  a  thorn  in 
any  man's  bosom. 

TH I R T  E  E  NT  H 

We  had  better  have  a  friend  than  an 
enemy. 

FO U  RT  E  E  NT  H 


In   giving  freedom   to   the   slave,  we 
assure  freedom  to  the  free. 

FIF TB  EN  TH 


No  man  resolved  to  make  the  most  of 
himself  can  spare  time  for  personal  con 
tention. 

SIXTEENTH 


There  is  no  grievance  that  is  a  fit  sub 
ject  of  redress  by  mob  law. 

SEVENTEENTH 


Punishment  has  to  follow  sin. 


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OCTOBER 

El G H TEENT  H 

Let  us  to  the  end  dare  to  do  our  duty. 

NINETEENTH 

Few  can  be  induced  to  labor  exclu 
sively  for  posterity,  and  none  will  do  it 
enthusiastically. 

TWE N  T I E T  H 


It  is  a  quality  of  revolutions  not  to  go 
by  old  lines  or  old  laws,  but  to  break  up 
both  and  make  new  ones. 

TWE  N  T  Y-  FIRS  T 


Military  glory — that  attractive  rainbow 
that  rises  in  showers  of  blood. 

TWENTY-  SECOND 


Pleasures  to  be  enjoyed,  or  pains  to  be 
endured,  after  we  shall  be  dead  and  gone, 
are  but  little  regarded. 


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TWENTY-THIRD 

Allow  all  the  governed  an  equal  voice 
in  the  government ;  that,  and  that  alone, 
is  self-government. 

TWEN  TY-  FO  U  RTH 

The  universal  sense  of  mankind  on 
any  subject  is  an  argument,  or  at  least 
an  influence,  not  easily  overcome. 

TWENTY-  F  I  F  TH 


Without  guile  and  with  pure  purpose, 
let  us  renew  our  trust  in  God  and  go 
forward  without  fear  and  with  manly 
hearts. 

TWENTY-  SIXTH 

Unless  among  those  deficient  of  intel 
lect,  every  one  you  trade  with  makes 
something. 


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OCTOBER 

TWENTY-  SEVENTH 

Implore  the  compassion  and  forgive 
ness  of  the  Almighty,  that  he  may 
enlighten  the  nation  to  know  and  to  do 
His  will. 

TWE  N  TY-EIGHTH 


We  should  look  beyond  our  noses. 


TWE  N  TY-N  I  N  T  H 


Labor  for  all  now  living,  as  well  as  all 
hereafter  to  live. 

THIRTIETH 


I  have  acted  upon  my  best  convictions, 
without  selfishness  or  malice. 

T  H  I  R  T  Y-  FIRS  T 


Success  does  not   so   much   depend 
upon  external  help  as  on  self-reliance. 


NOVEMBER 

All  are  of  the  great  family  of  men,  and  if  there 
is  one  shackle  upon  any  of  them,  it  would  be  far 
better  to  lift  the  load. 


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NOVEMBER 


FIRS  T 


Men  should  utter  nothing  for  which 
they  would  not  be  willingly  responsible 
through  time  and  in  eternity. 

SECOND 

Never  mind  if  you  are  a  count ;  you 
shall  be  treated  with  just  as  much  con 
sideration,  for  all  that. 

THIRD 

If  Almighty  God  gives  a  man  a  cow 
ardly  pair  of  legs,  how  can  he  help  their 
running  away  with  him  ? 

FOURTH 

It  is  against  my  principles  to  contest  a 
clear  matter  of  right. 

F I F  TH 

The  strife  of  elections  is  but  human 
nature  applied  to  the  facts  of  the  case. 


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NOVEMBER 


SIXTH 


How  nobly  distinguished  that  people 
who  shall  have  planted  and  nurtured 
both  the  political  and  moral  freedom  of 
their  species! 

5 E YEN T  H 

If  we  succeed,  there  will  be  glory 
enough. 

EIGHTH 


Office   seekers   are   a    curse    to    the 
country. 


NINTH 


Justice  to  all. 


TEN  T  H 


It  must  be  somebody's  business. 


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NOVEMBER 
E LE V  E  N  T  H 

Every  man  has  a  right  to  be  equal  to 
every  other  man. 

TWBLF TH 

Happy  day,  when,  all  appetites  con 
trolled,  all  passions  subdued,  all  matter 
subjugated,  mind,  conquering  mind,  shall 
live  and  move,  the  monarch  of  the  world ! 

TH I R T  E  E  NTH 

We  will  be  remembered  in  spite  of 
ourselves. 

FOUR TE  E  NTH 

I  don't  know  anything  about  money.  I 
never  had  enough  of  my  own  to  fret  me. 

FIFTEENTH 
Heal  the  wounds  of  the  nation. 


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NOVEMBER 

SIX  TEEN  TH 

\  ^m  not  at  liberty  to  shift  my  ground 
-that  is  out  of  the  question. 

SB  V  E  N  TEEN  TH 

For  thirty  years  I  have  been  a  tem 
perance  man,  and  I  am  too  old  to  change. 

El  G  H  TEEN  TH 

The   heart   is   the   great   highroad  to 
man's  reason. 

NINE  T  E  E  N  T  H 

Hope  to  all  the  world  for  all  future 
time. 


TWEN  TIE  T  H 


voung  men 


not  wait  to  be 


brought  forward  by  the  older  men. 

jijur- 


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NOVEMBER 

TWENTY-  FIRS  T 
Hold  firm  as  a  chain  of  steel. 

TWE N T Y -  SECOND 

One  war  at  a  time. 

TWENTY-  THIRD 

I  did  not  break  my  sword,  for  I  had 
none  to  break,  but  I  bent  my  musket 
pretty  badly. 

TWENTY-  FOURTH 

Meet  face  to  face  and  converse  to 
gether —  the  best  way  to  efface  unpleas 
ant  feeling. 

TWE  N  TY-  F  I  F  T  H 

And  now  for  a  day  of  Thanksgiving  ! 
TWENTY-  SIX  T  H 

The  influence  of  fashion  is  not  confined 
to  any  particular  thing  or  class  of  things. 


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NOVEMBER 

T WE N TY • SEVENTH 

Before  I  resolve  to  do  the  one  thing  or 
the  other,  I  must  gain  my  confidence  in 
my  own  ability  to  keep  my  resolves 
when  they  are  made. 

TWENTY-EIGHTH 


Such  of  us  as  have  never  fallen  vie 
tims  to  intemperance  have  been  spared 
more  from  the  absence  of  appetite  than 
from   any   mental  or   moral   superiority 
over  those  who  have. 

TWE  N  TY-N  I  N  T  H 


Our  political  revolution  of   1776  was 
the  germ  that  has  vegetated,  and  still  is 
to  grow  into  the  universal  liberty  of  man 
kind. 

TH  I  R  TIE  T  H 


By   mutual    concessions    we    should 
harmonize  and  act  together. 


DECEMBER 
Teach  hope  to  all — despair  to  none. 


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DECEMBER 


FIRS  T 


Rise  up  to  the  height  of  a  generation 
of  free  men  worthy  of  a  free  government. 

SECOND 
Let  us  be  quite  sober. 
THIRD 

We  prefer  a  candidate  who  will  allow 
the  people  to  have  their  own  way,  regard 
less  of  his  private  opinion. 

FOURTH 

The  people's  will  is  the  ultimate  law 
for  all. 

FI  F  T H 

I  shall  do  my  utmost  that  whoever  is 
to  hold  the  helm  for  the  next  voyage 
shall  start  with  the  best  possible  chance 
of  saving  the  ship. 


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DECEMBER 


SIX  T H 


My  gratitude  is  free  from  all  sense  of 
personal  triumph. 

SB  V  EN T  H 

How  to  do  something,  and  not  to  do 
too  much,  is  the  desideratum. 

EIGHTH 

We  mean  to  be  as  deliberate  and  calm 
as  it  is  possible  to  be ;  but  as  firm  and 
resolved  as  it  is  possible  for  men  to  be. 

NINTH 

He  that  will  fight  to  keep  himself  a 
slave,  ought  to  be  a  slave. 

TENTH 

If  the  end  brings  me  out  wrong,  ten 
angels  swearing  I  was  right  would  make 
no  difference. 


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DECEMBER 

E LE V  E  NT  H 

Under  all  this  seeming  want  of  life  and 
motion,  the  world  does  move  neverthe 
less. 

TWE LF T  H 

I  shall  never  be  old  enough  to  speak 
without  embarrassment  when  I  have 
nothing  to  talk  about. 

TH I R TEEN T  H 

It  adds  nothing  to  my  satisfaction  that 
another  man  shall  be  disappointed. 

FOUR T  E  E  N  T  H 

Take  your  full  time. 

F  I  F  T  E  E  N  T  H 

I  surely  will  not  blame  them  for  not 
doing  what  I  should  not  know  how  to  do 
myself. 


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DECEMBER 

SIX  T  E  E  N  T  H 

The  man  and  the  dollar,  but,  in  case  of 
conflict,  the  man  before  the  dollar. 

S E VENTEENTH 

The  strongest  bond  of  human  sympa 
thy,  outside  of  the  family  relation,  should 
be  one  uniting  all  working  people,  of  all 
nations,  and  tongues,  and  kindreds. 

E I G H TEEN T  H 

We  can  see  the  past,  though  we  may 
not  claim  to  have  directed  it;  and  seeing 
it,  we  feel  more  hopeful  and  confident  for 
the  future. 

NINETEENTH 

Squirming  and  crawling  around  can  do 
no  good. 

TWE NT  I E  T  H 

1  wish  to  see  all  men  free. 


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DECEMBER 
TWENTY-  FIRS  T 

Let  them  laugh,  so  long  as  the  thing 
works  well. 

TWENTY-  SECOND 
Let  there  be  peace. 

TWEN  TY-TH  I  RD 

The  age  is  not  yet  dead. 

TWEN  TY-  F  O  U  RTH 

With  malice  toward  none,  with  charity 
for  all. 

TWEN  TY-  F  I  FT  H 

Let  us  at  all  times  remember  that  all 
American  citizens  are  brothers  of  a 
common  country. 

TWENTY-  SIXTH 
Be  hopeful. 


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DECEMBER 

TWENTY-  SEVENTH 

Let  not  him  who  is  homeless  pull  down 
the  house  of  another. 

TWENTY-  EIGHTH 

The  struggle  for  to-day  is  not  altogether 
for  to-day  —  it  is  for  a  vast  future. 

TWE  N  T  Y-  N I  N  T  H 

We  can  not  escape  history. 

TH  I  R  TIE  T  H 

We  here  highly  resolve  that  the  dead 
shall  not  have  died  in  vain ;  that  the  na 
tion  shall,  under  God,  have  a  new  birth 
of  freedom ;  and  that  the  government  of 
the  people,  by  the  people,  and  for  the 
people  shall  not  perish  from  the  earth. 

TH  I  R  TY-  F  I  R  S  T 

Let  us  dare  to  do  our  duty  as  we  un 
derstand  it. 


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